STATS’ Chief Global Officer to Speak at the Inaugural Financial Times
Business of Football Summit

Ryan Paterson to Speak on Panel Discussing the Coming Technology
Disruption in Football at Next Week’s Conference in London

May 14, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STATS,
the revolutionary leader in sports AI, announced that Chief Global
Officer Ryan Paterson will participate on a panel discussion at the
Financial Times (FT) Business of Football Summit at the historic
Claridge’s hotel in London on Tuesday, May 21. The panel will elaborate
on current and emerging technology trends within the sport and how they
are changing the game of football, bringing with it advanced player
tracking and analytics, new services, revenue opportunities, digital
platforms and a closer audience connection.

Paterson will speak on the panel, “The Coming Disruption – How Tech is
Changing Football,” presented at 3:50 p.m. BST. He’ll be joined by Barry
Flanigan, Chief Product Officer of COPA90; Sascha Härtel, Head of
Performance Diagnostics, Science and Innovation, at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim;
and Marta Plana, Board Member responsible for Barça Innovation Hub, FC
Barcelona. With new technological breakthroughs leading sports
evolution across teams, leagues and sports groups, clubs are investing
in more analytics than ever in hopes of gaining a competitive edge. The
panel participants bring together unique perspectives from all sides of
the game to discuss how the world’s leading tech companies promise to
usher football into the digital age, deepen fan engagement and
connection, and disrupt the world’s most popular sport.

“Innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning, combined
with more available data than ever before, are giving clubs new
opportunities to enrich their playing style, interact with fans at an
unprecedented level, and increase revenue,” said Paterson. “Technology
has enhanced the playing field, literally and figuratively, and
analytics now more than ever are driving decisions. We’re pushing the
boundaries of what this decades-old sport has always been. I’m excited
to see where this revolutionary technology will take us.”

The FT Business of Football Summit brings together leading investors,
club and league executives, regulators, broadcasters, sponsors,
advisors, and other influencers to discuss what the future holds
financially for the world’s most popular sport. For more information,
visit the summit’s official website,
or follow the event on Twitter.

About STATS

STATS collects the richest sports data in the world and transforms it
through revolutionary AI to unlock the past, present and future of
everything sport. The pioneer of live sports data, STATS continues to
speed innovation in the industry with AutoSTATS, the first-ever
AI-powered technology to collect comprehensive sports data from any
television broadcast. The world’s most innovative brands, technology
companies, media, fantasy, gaming, teams and leagues trust STATS to
provide world-class artificial intelligence solutions to engage billions
of fans. STATS combines the industry’s fastest and most accurate data
platform with video analysis, sports content and research, player
tracking, and the latest in AI and machine learning to provide
unparalleled media and team performance solutions. For more information,
go to www.stats.com
and follow STATS on Twitter @STATS_Insights.